Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design

by John Macalister

Each case draws on and is linked to the model presented in Nation and Macalister's Language Curriculum Design.

Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design

Author: John Macalister

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 1136944206

Page: 224

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Case studies are a powerful pedagogical tool for illuminating constructs and models in real-life contexts. Covering a wide range of teaching-learning contexts and offering in-depth analyses of ESL/ELT language curriculum design issues, this casebook is distinctive and unique in that each case draws on and is clearly linked to a single model presented in Nation and Macalister’s Language Curriculum Design (www.routledge.com/9780415806060), giving the book a high degree of coherence. A short commentary by the editors after each case highlights features of note and/or issues arising from it. This is a versatile text, designed to work as a companion to Language Curriculum Design (adding meaning and depth to the model presented there by relating it to a range of applications), as a stand-alone text, or as a resource for language teacher trainees, teacher educators, practicing teachers, program administrators, and materials writers in the field.

Language Curriculum Design

by John Macalister

An important way to make use of this book on curriculum design is to examine
case studies using the model introduced in this chapter. The book Case Studies
in Language Curriculum Design by John Macalister and Paul Nation contains ...

Language Curriculum Design

Author: John Macalister

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 042951560X

Page: 240

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Now in its second edition, Language Curriculum Design describes the steps involved in the curriculum design process, elaborates and justifies these steps, and provides opportunities for practicing and applying them. Crystal-clear and comprehensive yet concise, the steps are laid out at a general level so that they can be applied in a wide range of particular circumstances. Updated throughout with cutting-edge research and theory, the second edition contains new examples on curriculum design and development and expanded attention on environment analysis, needs analysis, and program evaluation. The process comes to life through plentiful examples of actual applications from the authors’ experience and from published research. Each chapter also includes tasks that encourage readers to relate the steps to their own experience, and case studies and suggestions for further reading. Combining sound research/theory with state-of-the-art practice, Language Curriculum Design is widely applicable for ESL/EFL language education courses around the world.

Language Curriculum Design

by I.S.P Nation

Crystal-clear and comprehensive yet concise, this text describes the steps involved in the curriculum design process, elaborates and justifies these steps, and provides opportunities for practicing and applying them.

Language Curriculum Design

Author: I.S.P Nation

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 0203870735

Page: 224

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Crystal-clear and comprehensive yet concise, this text describes the steps involved in the curriculum design process, elaborates and justifies these steps, and provides opportunities for practicing and applying them. The description of the steps is done at a general level so that they can be applied in a wide range of particular circumstances. The process comes to life through plentiful examples of actual applications of the steps. Each chapter includes: examples from the authors’ experience and from published research tasks that encourage readers to relate the steps to their own experience case studies and suggestions for further reading that put readers in touch with others’ experience Curriculum, or course, design is largely a 'how-to-do-it' activity that involves the integration of knowledge from many of the areas in the field of Applied Linguistics, such as language acquisition research, teaching methodology, assessment, language description, and materials production. Combining sound research/theory with state-of-the-art practice, Language Curriculum Design is widely applicable for ESL/EFL language education courses around the world.

Language Teaching Course Design

by David Nunan

Communicative Syllabus Design and Methodology . Oxford : Pergamon .
Johnston , M. ... Second language acquisition research in Australia . Prospect , 1 ,
1 . Kemmis , S. ... Case Studies in Identifying Language Needs . Oxford :
Pergamon .

Language Teaching Course Design

Author: David Nunan

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Page: 73

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Case Studies in Elementary and Secondary Curriculum

by Marius Boboc

... caring, compassion, and/or self-esteem during story time or language arts,
followed by discussions or role-playing activities to model unacceptable and
acceptable behaviors. ... Traditional as well as Web-based literature could be
utilized to design tolerance-building activities. ... their classrooms and meet to
discuss what worked and didn't work in their classrooms, modifying the
curriculum as needed.

Case Studies in Elementary and Secondary Curriculum

Author: Marius Boboc

Publisher: SAGE

ISBN: 141296055X

Page: 173

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Case Studies in Elementary and Secondary Curriculum provides 21 real-world cases that provide the opportunity for educators to explore the different perspectives that different stakeholders take on the concept of curriculum. The cases examine how curriculum comes to life as a complex process including the whole continuum--ranging from design to implementation and evaluation--and how this process can be analyzed and changed.

RELC Journal

by Regional English Language Centre

Monograph Series An introduction to Linguistics for the Language Teacher
Cultural Components of Reading The Testing ... and Functions in Current
Syllabuses ( 31 ) Case Studies in Syllabus and Course Design ( 32 ) Language ,
Identity and ...

RELC Journal

Author: Regional English Language Centre

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Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms

by Dr. Richard Barwell

The estimated five million language learners in United States primary and
secondary classrooms (Moschkovich, ... There is a need, therefore, for case
studies of pedagogical action and curriculum design that teachers can implement
in ...

Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms

Author: Dr. Richard Barwell

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

ISBN: 9781847693778

Page: 208

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Mathematics classrooms are increasingly multilingual, whether they are found in linguistically diverse societies, urban melting pots or planned bilingual programs. The chapters in this book present and discuss examples of mathematics classroom life from a range of multilingual classroom settings, and use these examples to draw out and discuss key issues for the teaching and learning of mathematics and language. These issues relate to pedagogy, students’ learning, curriculum, assessment, policy and aspects of educational theory. The contributions are based on research conducted in mathematics classrooms in Europe, South Asia, North America and Australia. Recurring issues for the learning of mathematics include the relationship between language and mathematics, the relationship between formal and informal mathematical language, and the relationship between students’ home languages and the official language of schooling.

Resources in Education

by

The study found that 94 percent of the SDL and 85 percent of the ILC students
passed the first - year final exams , whereas only 73 percent ... Descriptors Class
Activities , Classroom Techniques , Communicative Competence ( Languages ) ,
Curriculum Design , Elementary ... Descriptors - Achievement Tests , Case
Studies , Comparative Analysis , Elementary Education , English , Hawaiian , *
Hawaiians ...

Resources in Education

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Researching Pedagogic Tasks

by Martin Bygate

Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing Martin Bygate, Peter Skehan
, Merrill Swain ... Many of those publishing group comparative studies in this
volume have also used case studies on other occasions, and will do so again. ...
Breen, M. (1987) Contemporary paradigms in syllabus design (Parts 1 and 2).

Researching Pedagogic Tasks

Author: Martin Bygate

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1317876342

Page: 272

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Researching Pedagogic Tasks brings together a series of empirical studies into the use of pedagogical tasks for second language learning, with a view to better understanding the structure of tasks, their impact on students, and their use by teachers. The volume starts with an introduction to the background and key issues in the topic area and is then organised into three sections: the first section focuses on the language and learning of students on tasks the second on the use of tasks in the language classroom the third on the use of tasks for language testing Each section begins with a succinct section introduction, and the volume concludes with an afterword relating the theme of the volume to issues in curriculum development. The chapters include both experimental and qualitative approaches to the topic, some providing original accounts of specific studies, others offering overviews of linked series of studies.

Studies in Language Learning

by

... to textbook design , and ( 3 ) case studies . The two articles cited above by
Swales and Bates can be found in Part 2 of this text . Again its strength lies in its
inclusion of eight out of its ten articles in the area of course or syllabus design .

Studies in Language Learning

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International Handbook of English Language Teaching

by Jim Cummins

Specifically, the chapter looks at how workplace stakeholders can provide a
business voice to the ELT curriculum ... The chapter will report on studies of
workplace English carried out in Hong Kong and the Philippines. ... different
stages in a professional career (in this case accountants) impact the kind of
written language expectations of that professional. ... for ELT curriculum design
are described and frameworks from the literature of business management and
training used to show ...

International Handbook of English Language Teaching

Author: Jim Cummins

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 0387463011

Page: 1201

View: 368

This two volume handbook provides a comprehensive examination of policy, practice, research and theory related to English Language Teaching in international contexts. More than 70 chapters highlight the research foundation for best practices, frameworks for policy decisions, and areas of consensus and controversy in second language acquisition and pedagogy. The Handbook provides a unique resource for policy makers, educational administrators, and researchers concerned with meeting the increasing demand for effective English language teaching. It offers a strongly socio-cultural view of language learning and teaching. It is comprehensive and global in perspective with a range of fresh new voices in English language teaching research.

The Linguistic Reporter

by

BOOK NOTICES— from page 5 students in grades K-6, and designed to yield
scores which can be interpreted outside the ... of language as communication
and provides insights into curriculum design; and Case Studies: Syllabi and
Materials, ...

The Linguistic Reporter

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LSP

by Rosemary Khoo

Palmer , H E 1922 , The Principles of Language Study . London : Harrap .
Ramani , E et al 1988 , An Ethnographic Approach to Syllabus Design : A Case
Study of the Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore . In English for Specific
Purposes 7/2 .

LSP

Author: Rosemary Khoo

Publisher:

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Page: 233

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Language Policy Processes and Consequences

by Dr. Sarah C. K. Moore

Arizona Case Studies Dr. Sarah C.K. Moore. guidance (Fowler, 2004) must
exercise ... Arizona's four-hour block of ELD is the first curriculum design of its
kind both within the state and external to it. Although experts in the field of
language ...

Language Policy Processes and Consequences

Author: Dr. Sarah C. K. Moore

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

ISBN: 1783091967

Page: 184

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This book traces the recent socio-historical trajectory of educational language policy in Arizona, the state with the most restrictive English-only implementation in the US. Chapters, each representing a case study of policy-making in the state, include: • an overview and background of the English-only movement, the genesis of Structured English Immersion (SEI), and current status of language policy in Arizona; • an in-depth review of the Flores case presented by its lead lawyer; • a look at early Proposition 203 implementation in the context of broader educational ‘reform’ efforts; • examples of how early state-wide mandates impacted teacher professional development; • a presentation of how new university-level teacher preparation curricula misaligns with commonly-held beliefs about what teachers of language minority students should know and understand; • an exploration of principals’ concerns about enforcing top-down policies for SEI implementation; • an investigation of what SEI policy looks like in today’s classrooms and whether it constitutes equity; • and finally, a discussion of what the various cases mean for the education of English learners in the state.

Case Studies in Bilingual Education

by

The acquisition of materials necessary to implement the curriculum design was a
second major activity during the first year of the project. The third major focus was
staff development including Spanish language training in Mexico for selected ...

Case Studies in Bilingual Education

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Artificial Intelligence and Education Principles and case studies

by Robert Walter Lawler

COMPUTER SCIENCE LOGO STYLE : AN AI - ORIENTED SECONDARY
CURRICULUM BRIAN HARVEY University of ... Another milestone for software
engineering was Wirth ' s 1970 design of the Pascal programming language (
Jensen ...

Artificial Intelligence and Education Principles and case studies

Author: Robert Walter Lawler

Publisher: Intellect Books

ISBN: 9780893916305

Page: 335

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"Synthesis and Reflection" was the theme of the May 1989 conference held in Amsterdam. Twelve papers reflect a broadening of concerns, beyond instruction narrowly considered, since the 1987 meeting from which volume 1 (Learning environments and tutoring systems) was derived. Topics include: cross-cultural transmission of knowledge, how experience with computation can impact the lives of people with major handicaps, expert systems in teacher education, and situated cognition and the culture of learning. Paper edition (unseen), $29.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR